PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guntur Llaripukinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Cordoba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Llaripukinen comes to the cage accompanied by Elvis Presley - True Love Travels On A Gravel Road. Cordoba has chosen English Fire by CoF as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Alex Cordoba was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Llaripukinen
vs
Cordoba

193 cm
34
260 lbs
24 - 13 - 0

191 cm
33
232 lbs
26 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Guntur Llaripukinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Cordoba!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from Cordoba misses
and Llaripukinen counters with a body kick.
Llaripukinen lands the left hand.
Cordoba misses with an uppercut.
Llaripukinen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cordoba with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Llaripukinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cordoba ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Llaripukinen blocks a head kick by Cordoba.
Jab by Llaripukinen.
Cordoba thows a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Llaripukinen misses.
Cordoba moves out of range of the body kick from Llaripukinen.
Llaripukinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cordoba.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llaripukinen misses with a straight right.
Llaripukinen lands with a shot to the body.
Llaripukinen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Llaripukinen misses with a two punch combination.
Llaripukinen avoids the head kick by Cordoba.
Cordoba cracks Llaripukinen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Guntur Llaripukinen has been cut.
Cordoba tries to clinch up
and Llaripukinen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Llaripukinen lands a left and a right that send Cordoba crashing to the mat, dazed. Llaripukinen thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Cordoba is rocked!

It looks like Alex Cordoba has been cut.
Cordoba tries to land a front kick but Llaripukinen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Cordoba closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Cordoba.
A short right from Cordoba on the inside.
Llaripukinen throws a head punch that misses.
Cordoba works on Llaripukinen's body with a couple of short punches.
Cordoba prevents a body shot from Llaripukinen.
Cordoba blocks an uppercut.
Llaripukinen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Llaripukinen takes an elbow to the forehead.

Llaripukinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Llaripukinen looks to land a combination but Cordoba avoids it well.
Llaripukinen tried to score with a low kick but Cordoba checks it.
Cordoba slips under a jab.
Donk. Llaripukinen catches Cordoba right on the button with a cross.
Sloppy strikes from Llaripukinen. Those never looked like landing.
Llaripukinen avoids the body shot from Cordoba.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Llaripukinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Llaripukinen delivers a nice body kick.
A cross from Cordoba lands.
Cordoba just misses with a punch to the body.
Cordoba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cordoba doesn't manage to clinch there - Llaripukinen circles away.
Cordoba is looking to chop away at Llaripukinen's legs.
Cordoba connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cordoba has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Llaripukinen finds it's way round the side to connect with Cordoba's head.
A clash of legs there as Llaripukinen blocks the low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cordoba, right into the meat.
Llaripukinen thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cordoba throws a low kick, looking for Llaripukinen's leg but Llaripukinen calmly moves out of range.
Cordoba wants to clinch.
Llaripukinen keeps the fight on the outside.
Cordoba slips a jab and a cross from Llaripukinen.

Cordoba closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cordoba pushes Llaripukinen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Llaripukinen tries to circle away but Cordoba has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cordoba with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cordoba pushes off an throws an elbow but Llaripukinen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cordoba taking a breather.
Llaripukinen blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guntur Llaripukinen dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Cordoba fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Llaripukinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Llaripukinen throws a jab when Cordoba was well out of range.
Cordoba misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Guntur Llaripukinen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cordoba slips under a jab.
Cordoba showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Llaripukinen.
Cordoba throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Llaripukinen's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Llaripukinen swinging wildly here.
A shot to the liver by Llaripukinen. Beautiful body shot.
Cordoba with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Llaripukinen to score with a decent uppercut.
Llaripukinen jabs at Cordoba's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cordoba throws a hook but Llaripukinen avoids it easily.
Llaripukinen misses with a double jab
and Cordoba counters with a leg kick.
Llaripukinen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cordoba cracks Llaripukinen with a good jab.

Guntur Llaripukinen's cut is getting worse.
Cordoba shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cordoba moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cordoba looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Llaripukinen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Llaripukinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cordoba manages to avoid it.
Llaripukinen misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Llaripukinen is looking to chop away at Cordoba's legs.
Llaripukinen misses with a left hand
and Cordoba counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Llaripukinen thinking.
Llaripukinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Llaripukinen slips under a jab from Cordoba.
Llaripukinen throws a series of punches but Cordoba avoids them all with ease.
Llaripukinen swings for the body but Cordoba moves out of range.
Llaripukinen throws a lazy uppercut
and Cordoba counters with an inside leg kick.
Llaripukinen blocks a head kick by Cordoba.
Cordoba has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cordoba.
Llaripukinen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cordoba. Cordoba obviously looking to wear him down.
Cordoba is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Llaripukinen rather than just go for the knockout.
Cordoba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Llaripukinen swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Llaripukinen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cordoba. Cordoba obviously looking to wear him down.
Llaripukinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cordoba.
Llaripukinen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Cordoba counters by clinching up.
Cordoba lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Llaripukinen.
A head punch on the inside from Cordoba fails to land.
Cordoba has a couple of punches blocked by Llaripukinen.
Llaripukinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Llaripukinen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Llaripukinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Llaripukinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Guntur Llaripukinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Llaripukinen misses with a double jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cordoba tries to close the distance and clinch but Llaripukinen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cordoba throws a push kick but Llaripukinen slaps the foot to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cordoba throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice defenses there by Llaripukinen.
Cordoba throws a wild body kick that Llaripukinen sees coming a mile off.
Llaripukinen cracks Cordoba with a good jab.
Cordoba throws a shot from downtown. Llaripukinen moves away and avoids it.
Cordoba on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cordoba is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Llaripukinen misses the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Llaripukinen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cordoba. That's going to slow Llaripukinen down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Cordoba showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Llaripukinen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cordoba.
Cordoba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Llaripukinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Cordoba.
Llaripukinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Llaripukinen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Llaripukinen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cordoba throws a big shot that misses.
Llaripukinen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Llaripukinen scoring well with a low kick there.

Cordoba has managed to clinch.
A short uppercut from Llaripukinen.
Cordoba has Llaripukinen pressed against the cage, preventing Llaripukinen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Llaripukinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Llaripukinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Llaripukinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Llaripukinen misses with a series of wild punches.
Cordoba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cordoba doesn't manage to clinch there - Llaripukinen circles away.
Cordoba pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Llaripukinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Cordoba turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Cordoba has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cordoba landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cordoba with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short right from Cordoba.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cordoba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Cordoba.
Llaripukinen working hard to break the clinch.
Llaripukinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Llaripukinen is trying to force a seperation but Cordoba has the dominant position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cordoba obliges.
Cordoba misses with a knee strike.
Still in the clinch, Cordoba scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cordoba is leaning against Llaripukinen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cordoba can't find room to land a body shot as Llaripukinen controls the action.
Llaripukinen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cordoba lands a shoulder strike.
Alex Cordoba seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cordoba utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cordoba obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cordoba lands a body shot.
Cordoba slowing the pace effectively.
Cordoba can't find room to land a body shot as Llaripukinen controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Llaripukinen fails to land.
Cordoba is trying to stall.
Cordoba scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cordoba pushes Llaripukinen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Llaripukinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cordoba controlling the action here for a moment.
Cordoba misses with an elbow over the top.
Cordoba missing with knees to the body.
Cordoba scores with a knee to the head.
Llaripukinen holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cordoba effectively controlling the action here.
Llaripukinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cordoba tries to land a knee to the head but Llaripukinen blocks with his arms.
Cordoba working Llaripukinen over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Llaripukinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Cordoba prevents Llaripukinen from breaking the clinch.
Llaripukinen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cordoba lands a right hand.
Cordoba scores with a knee to the head.
Llaripukinen takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cordoba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Llaripukinen's brow.
Come on Cordoba - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Cordoba comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cordoba has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Cordoba!
Alex Cordoba thanked the fans post fight for their support.